Improvement in tooth-fastenings for horse-rakes



B.' c; TAYLOR,

Tooth Fastening for HorsefRakes.

Patented April 9.11am.

No. 125,630;Y

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

` BENJAMIN o. TAYLOR, OE DAYTON, OHIO.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 125,630, dated April 9,1872.

SPEOIEIOATION.

. I, BENJAMIN C. TAYLOR, of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery andState of Ohio, have invented certain Improvements in Horse- Rakes, ofwhich the following is a specification:

My invention relates to the hinges or fastenin gs employed toattachsteel rake-teeth; and consists in a peculiar form of the same cast inthree parts, forming, when united, a bracket, and a pivoted head mountedtherein.

Figure lis a perspective of a portion'of a horse-rake illustrating myinvention. Figs. 2

and 3 are sectional elevations of two slightly-l moditied forms of hingeor fastening.

A, Fig. l, represents the frame, which is supported on the axle. Twopieces, D D, support the bar B, and this bar gives support to the guidesN N, the ends of which pass through the bar and are secured by nuts. Thetop bar C is secured in like manner to the guides. These guides are castin one piece, having a slot for the rake-teeth and a shoulder, againstwhich the spiral spring rests, the upper end of the spring bearingagainst the bar. The slot extends a short distance ben eath the shoulderof the guide. When beneath the shoulder the tooth falls into any cavityof the earth by its own weight. The two fastenings K and L are similar,there being but this difference: projections from the ears of fasteningK enter the spool E, as shown by dotted lines, and projeotions of thespool F enter the ears of fastening L. The two parts of each fasteningare slotted for the bolt m, the one setting over the other, and, whenbrought in proper position, are secured by the bolt. At Fig. 2 is shown,in section, the several parts. The spool E has orilices, into whichprojections ofthe ears enter to give it support, and has also a grooveinto which the wire is bent which forms the raketeeth H. At Fig. 3 isshown the spool las entering the ears, the wire being secured the sameas to the spool E.

I claim as my invention- The fastenings or hinges K L, composed of thedivided bases, one section of each overlapping the other and bothslotted, the standards projecting from the ends of said bases and theheads or pivots journaled between the said standards, combined andarranged substantially as shown and described, for the purposespecified.

BENJAMIN C. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

' W. H. CLARK, B. PIOKERING.

